A Queensland council investigating four dog attacks since Friday says, while the number of attacks is on par with previous years, the severity of the attacks is escalating.

A young child was attacked by an alsatian at Palmwoods yesterday, on Saturday a husky on a lead fatally attacked a daschund, and on Friday a police officer shot dead a staffordshire terrier, which had earlier killed a dog and attacked others at Mooloolaba.

Leon Marskell, coordinator of response services at the Sunshine Coast Council, said the recent incidents were among a "large number" of dog attacks under investigation, with some of those matters being pursued in court.

Mr Marskell said dog ownership in the Sunshine Coast region was considered high with about 100,000 domestic dogs in the area, about half of which were registered.

He said of the 700 dog attack complaints annually, up to 20 per cent of those were considered serious resulting in fines or prosecution in court.

"What we are finding over the last couple of months, there's been a significant increase in dog attacks on humans, which is quite a concern to council," he said.

"Particularly when people are being seriously injured as well as dogs being killed, there seems to be an increase in severity of these dog attacks."

Outlawing breeds?

In Queensland, seven breeds of dogs are restricted, including pit-bull terrier and dingo.

The most recent attacks included an alsatian, husky and staffordshire terrier.

Sunshine Coast Councillor Ted Hungerford said the attacks were unacceptable.

"The community has a right to feel safe, especially in a public place," he said.

"You look at how much criticism we get from dog owners from being strict on it and having a non-leash policy and they say, 'but my dog's harmless', but you've got to have the rule across everyone.

"If you're out in public with your dog you must have control of it 100 per cent."

Cr Hungerford said supported the banning of some dog breeds.

"I'm not sure how we go about legally enforcing that one but I think there should be, especially in urban areas."

Cr Hungerford said growing up in the country with blue cattle dogs there were known protocols with how to handle them around people and children.

Mr Marskell said it would be very difficult to implement and enforce bans beyond what was already legislated.

He said the attacks since Friday were not specific to location or breed.

"To say that there's any particular dog breed that has a propensity to attack would be a little premature.

"We've got a large region and what I'm calling for is that all dog owners are responsible to care for and control their dogs and have them under effective management."